Paul Hanagan wins Flat jockey’s championship

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Rarely can a man have been so happy at riding a loser.

When Paul Hanagan won the opening race of the Flat season at Doncaster in March few rated his chances of staying there once the major battalions got into top gear.

But he stayed there defying all-comers and started the final day back on Town Moor already crowned as the c**k of the North, the award for the leading northern jockey of the season. And he ended the day as the first northern-based rider to win the jockeys’ championship since Kevin Darley in 2000.

To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Paul-Hanagan-wins-Flat-jockeys-championship-a39436